0615z - 0700z ANZO Net on
7118From Peter VK3KCDEarly
propagation on 40mx was uneven this Sunday and as Bill VK4ZD
had good signals from all present, I asked him to take
control of the net. Present were Noel VK2IWT, John ZL2JPM,
Bill VK4ZD and myself. Propagation did improve during the
net and all exchanged reports. Bill VK4ZD is progressing
with the installation of his new tower for his 40mx antenna
and has now got accurate measurements for the base and hopes
to have the concrete poured later this week. John ZL2JPM
will be in Sydney later this week and not returning to ZL
until Sunday. He may be an apology next week. Until next
week YIR and 73 Peter VK3KCD

0700z - 0800z Europe -
Anzo Net on 14,293 Long PathFrom Bill
VK4ZDMuch better propagation for ZL:John ZL2JPM was
58 and gave me 59+Peter VK3KCD was also 58 and gave me
59+Pertti EA7GSU was Initially 58 peaking later at 59+
and gave me 59Klaus HB9CQS was 59+10 and gave me 59+15
Coco YO9BC was 59+10 and gave me 59+10 peaking to +20
Jean-Pierre F1CFA and I exchanged 57 reportsNoel VK2IWT
was 43 with me and gave me 58Doug ZL1BFS was 59 and gave
me 59+10Les PA0SDZ was 53-7 with deep qsb and gave me
59+John G4HMG/P was 43 to me and gave me 57-8Malcolm
PA3AHC and I exchanged 57 reportsMartti OH6SM was 58 and
gave me 59Keith G1FMU (visitor) called in, was only 21
here, gave me 57 I believePete M3KXZ/P with 2.5 watts
was a genuine 43 here and he gave me 58-9We closed the
net at 0807z(From John G3OKT ; Teru san noted on
FACEBOOK on April 18th that Lisbon International Convention
ROAR Call is CR6RI and gave the url for information as
http://www.qrz.com/db/CR6RI)

0800z - 0900z UK 80-metre
Net on 3,693From Mike, G4WRU : Tommy
G2FUU was net controller at 59+ with me and I contacted him
at 07.55 utc. Next on was John G7OAI 55 with me. Next Don
G0JWE came on with 56. John G4HMG/P was not legible to me. I
knew he was there, but could not read him. Phil G4DCI came
booming in towards the end of the Net. Tommy closed the net
at 08.41.Don G0JWE later e-mailed “Hopeless listening
this morning. Heard Tommy and Phil but that is about all”

1200z - 1300z
International Net on 14,293From Pertti
EA7GSU : We were a good bunch of members on the qrg. I
opened my rig a few minutes earlier and heard G8LES, Mike
with 58 talking to YO9BC, Coco, who was 59 with me. He
connected with Mike and Ed.Then came Klaus with 59+ and
we called for more members.Ed, N4EDT was 58 here and
Mike, N4PF usually with good signal, was this time 57 with
deep QSB,Bert, VE3BGG had a good signal, 57 with me to
start with but he didn't come back to the call by Klaus.
Bert did not receive me well. As a whole, his signal was
better than for a long time.It appears that from my edge
of EU the signals are better to US than from the rest of EU.
Would the rest of EU challenge my statement???Around the
closing I thought I heard Malcolm, PA3AHC but recognizable
only by voice and the "charlie".As a whole the props
seem not to be favorable at the moment. I was following the
Continental/US net at 1800z Ed, N4EDT was only 44/44 here.
Two hours later Joe, AF1E was a poor 57 and nobody else on
the qrg.Springtime is a time of rapid changes in
atmosphere and we just have to adapt to the props. Please
keep on monitoring the frequencies and DO respond if you
hear any of us. Any suggestions you may have to improve the
time to connect is valuable. And connected we need to be! We
need to be flexible to be in connection and to be viable!!
These times are the best in ten years to connect,
remember!!!

From Klaus, HB9CQS : I agree with
Pertti. His location is better than most for making
transatlantic contacts. It is certainly better than
central Europe and hence Switzerland.Conditions
deteriorated markedly during the net. Shortly after 12:00
UTCMike, N4PF, was 56-57 but quickly dropped to R3. Ed,
N4EDT, was 57-58originally and dropped to 55. I heard
Bert, VE3BGG, but he was only R2 here.Before the net
started I heard Mike, G8LES, with RS 34. He was in contact
with Coco, YO9BC, who was 59+.

From Malcolm PA3AHC :
I could certainly agree with Pertti's comment about his
advantageous position "on the edge" v. the US, since I heard
nothing from him or others, quite unlike the good sked we
had in the morning with VK.

From John G3OKT :
Dale Anderson included this on April 14th on the IFROAR
Facebook Page “Too bad I moved to a condo; no more antenna
farm and I can’t get into the Sunday ROAR net….I am still
around though!!

1800z - 1830z UK evening 80-metre Net on 3,694

1900z - 1930z
N.AM Transcontinental Net on 14,288Ed
Tyler posted the following on IFROAR’s Facebook page on
April 14th:“The US Intercontinental net today and agreed
to setting the net start time at 1900z. The informal warm up
will start at 1830z. They will meet on 14.287 + - the QRM.
We look forward to meeting all ROAR members on the net.”
From Bob, WB7RQGThis is the results of last Sunday,
April 14 net;Joe, W0TBC was net control. Those checking
in were,Ed, N4EDT Jack, KF5BD and myself WB7RQGEd,
N4EDT called Pertti and he thought he heard him but made no
contact.

0700z –
0730z Tuesday April 16th NZ 80-m net on 3693

0700z – 0730z Tuesday
April 16th UK 40-metre Net on 7170/7173
Pertti EA7GSU said by e-mail :What's on? I was on qrg
from 0700z onwards until 0725z but nobody came back to my
calls. Prop's were good, I heard many UK stations.
Jean-Pierre F1CFA replied by e-mail “So Sorry folks”
Malcolm PA3AHC replied “I just heard you calling once,
Pertti, before you were drowned in heavy QRM from UK+D.”
Ian, GM4JAE has also e-mailed :Just to mention that I
listened at 0700gmt (0800 local) this morning but heard
nothing on 7170/7173, but managed to work a station at
Rainham, Kent, Derek G3PQD 5/8-9 both ways on 7.175 so condx
to that part of the country was ok. I expect most of the
usual Net members were recovering from the RIBI Conference?
Jean Pierre F1FCA made this comment by e-mail on 21st April
“With some French OM, when disturbed by some stations on 40
m band, we tested the reverse SSB mode.It was excellent
and the reports better !!To be tested !”